Scrap recycling plant, Ivry-sur-Seine, Ile-de-France, France, Europe

Germany air pollution from factories by the elbe river

Nuclear waste reprocessing plant at Cap de la Hague in Normandy, France

Nuclear waste reprocessing plant at Cap de la Hague in Normandy, France

Emissions from Waternet, a water business that takes sewage from Amsterdam and converts it back into drinking water, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe

A warning sign about toxic air pollution outside a power from waste incinerator plant at Billingham on Teesside, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A Sita power from waste plant at Billingham, Teesside, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Prawn waste from a fish processing factory in Siglufjordur in northern Iceland, Polar Regions

A Sita power from waste plant at Billingham, Teesside, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A Sita power from waste plant at Billingham, Teesside, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A Sita power from waste plant at Billingham, Teesside, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Bulldozer pushing pile of trash

Bulldozer pushing trash

Trash on conveyor belt at factory

Garbage truck unloading trash

Pile of trash

Garbage truck unloading trash

Garbage trucks unloading trash

Man sweeping garbage with broom

Piles of compacted garbage

Pile of trash

Piles of compacted garbage

Recycling factory

Exhaust emissions, plume of smoke, chimney of a power plant, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Coal-fired power plant, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Coal-fired power plant, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Power Station North Munich Bavaria Germany

Seven workers are disassembling computers at TES-AMM Shanghai, which was founded on September 21, 2005, currently has 67 employees of which 26 are workers. With an annual production capacity of 10,000 tons, it has only treated 2,000 tons of e-waste from its founding more than a year ago. 'The biggest problem is that there isn't an e-waste recycling channel in China. The biggest chunks of raw materials we get are from government bodies, which are upgrading their equipments, and electronic appliances franchises that are washing out their outdated inventories. We don't have any imported e-waste because that's banned by the government. It takes a worker no more than ten minutes to disassemble a computer, and each worker can deal with between 60 to 70 computers a day,' says Janice Wu, who's the Environment & Quality Management Dept. Manager and Plant Manager Assistant.

Detail of a toxic phosphogypsum waste pond in the vicinity of the town of Huelva. Aerial view. Drone shot. Huelva province, Andalusia, Spain.

Detail of a toxic phosphogypsum waste pond in the vicinity of the town of Huelva. Aerial view. Drone shot. Huelva province, Andalusia, Spain.